weight loss and supermarkets

First, congrats Suzanne on not reaching for that 5th french fry at the beach!

I was checking out of the supermarket and I was noticing that virtuallyt every check out lane had an incredible array of candy bars and hogh-caloric snack foods staring you down. I started thionking of the time when "children-friendly" check out lanes were in vogue because a number of people were complaining that when checking out, their kids would harangue them for candies, reach for them etc.

Well, certainly things have noit changed much. The Three Musketeers are still greeting you on virtually every check out lane.

Do supermarkets have a social responsibility to remove all of these? Do thje fast food chains have a social responisbility to remove the value meals and combos/supersizes from their offerings?

These are businesses and they are trying to make money. Make no mistake about it, these businesses know full well the psychological aspects of positioning these snacks in front of you when you check out.

It is our own responsibilty to go shopping when we are not in a "hungry" mode and NOT be tempted by the various snacks at the checkout lane. These businesses create jobs and it would be bad for the economy to have them not succeed. However, this does not mean that we cannot control our own actions.